Device for preparing uppers for the lasting process



SSheets-Sheet 1. M. BROGK & E. WOODWARD. Device for'Preparing Uppers for the Lasting Process.

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No. 234,231. Patented Nov. 9,1880.

MPETERS, PHOTWUTHOGRAPNER. WASfiINGTON. O C.

(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 2. M. BROOK & E. 'WOODWARD. Device for Preparing Uppers for the Lasting Process.

No. 234,231. Patented Nov. 9,1880.

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3 Sheets-Sheet 3. M. BROGK & E. WOODWARD. Device for Preparing Uppers for the Lasting Process.

No. 234,231. Patented Nov. 9,1880.

\i: TN E5 5 ES N- PETERS. PIIIQTO-LITHOGRAPHEB. WLSHINGY and lining to the insole.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MATTHIAS BROOK AND ERASTUS WOODWVARD, OF BOSTON, ASSIGNORS TO GEORGE W. COPELAND, OF MALDEN, AND PETER WV. FRENCH, OF EAST WEYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS.

DEVICE FOR PREPARING UPPERS FOR THE LASTING PROCESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,231, dated November 9, 1880.

Application filed May 20, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, MATTHIAS 1312001; and ERASTUS WOODWARD, both of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,

5 have invented an Improvement in Devices for Preparing an Upper for the Lasting Process of which the following is a specification This invention relates to the following-described improvement in devices for preparing an upper for the lasting process, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in explaining its nature, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of the mechanism.

Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail Views, illustrating the construction. Fig. 5 is a vertical central section of the complete mechanism. Fig. 6 is a view, in vertical section, of a portion of the apparatus, showing it when in use. Fig. 7 is a view, part in section and part in elevation, of a portion of an upper. Fig. 8 represents one portion of a metallic stiffener.

In lasting brogans and other shoes em ploy- 2 5 ing metallic stift'eners or re-enforces by hand it is customary to adjust the upper upon the last, secure it at the toe to the last by a peg or tack, and then to fold the edge of the lining at the heel upon the surface of the insole,

o secure it in place by two or three pegs or tacks, and then to insert the stiffener, and then to fold the edge of the upper upon the already folded lining and the edge of this stiffening, and to fasten the edge of the upper, stiffener,

This process of lasting the heel of the upper is very slow and cumbersome, and is not at all adapted for machinework. In lieu therefor we fold the lining to the desired shape and fasten the metallic stiff- 4o ener thereto before the upper is placed upon the last for the purpose of lasting. By so doing we are enabled to last the upper as though no metallic stiffener were used, and with the mechanism ordinarily employed; whereas if 5 the upper is not so prepared some considerable time is expended by the operator in turnin g down the lining and adjusting the stifi'ener by hand before the machine can be properly operated.

The mechanism which we employ forms the lining by folding or molding its edge to the shape that it should have in the lasted upper; and it consists in the bed A, secured to the post B, which has a bearing in the frame O, and is provided with a vertical movement in relation 5 to the former D by means of the lever E, which is pivoted at e to the bracket 6, depending downwardly from the frame of the machine, and the rod 0 which connects the long end of the lever with a treadle.

The bed A is made removable from the post, and it rests on a large collar or sleeve, (4, which is also attached to the post, and the under surface of which acts as a stop in connection with the upper surface of the frame 0.

The former D is fastened to the bracket F by means of a bolt, f. It is readily removed therefrom in case a smaller or larger sized former is needed. The bracket F is fastened to the long sleeve F that surrounds the hot low post G. The sleeve has bearings in the post at g g, and is adapted to revolve thereon in moving the former horizontally on a circu lar path in relation to the bed.

In addition to the bracket F, a bracket, H, for supporting a device for fastening the stiifener to the folded edge of the lining by driving orpunching the metal 'into the leather to rivet or fasten it thereto, may be employed, and the bracket M may support a pegging or tackin g machine for driving pegs or tacks through the edge of the stiffener into the folded edge of the lining for the purposes of fastening.

Of course we do not confine ourselves to any special mechanism for uniting the stiffener to the edge of the lining, either by riveting, prickpunching, or by tacking or pegging.

As the sleeve and its brackets have a l1orizontal movement around the post G, upon the shaping of the lining the former can be removed, and after the insertion of the stiffening either device for fastening it to the folded edge of the lining may be turned round into position to be used.

The post G and the mechanism which it sup- 5 ports are provided with a direct horizontal movement in additionltothe revolvingmovement provided the brackets and sleeve in relation to the bed A, upon the portion ot' the frame, the base G, to which the post is fastened. being arranged within the ways N, secured to the portion 0, and by means of the nut n and the screw 12, which has a bearing inthe bracket upon the frame, the post and its attachments are moved horizontally.

The sleeve is locked in any desired position by means of the notches 0' in the rings 0, surrounding the sleeve, and the latch 0 The spring 0 fastened to the pin 0 on the latch and the pin 0 on a bar, 0, attached to a stationary part of the frame, serve to hold the latch, which is arranged to slide in the brackets 0 constantly in contact with the edge of the ring 0, so that upon turning the sleeve when the former comes in position over the bed the latch automatically shuts into the notch. Each notch is rounded upon its corners, as shown, so that it is only necessary to turn the sleeve to disengage the latch.

In operation the upper, with the lining sewed thereto, substantially as shown in Fig. 7, with the exception that its edge is not folded over, is placed upon the bed A and the bed lifted, by the lever and its connection, to the position shown in Fig. 6, thereby folding the edge of the lining upon the bed and molding it in that position. The bed is then lowered and the stiffener put in and secured to the lining by tacks or pegs, or in any other desirable way. The bed and former should be so shaped as to provide the lining with the shape it would possess if it had been titted directly to the heel of the last instead of to the former, and, ifdesired, the last itself may be employed as a bed for the purpose of shaping the lining prior to the lasting process.

\Ve do not confine ourselves to the use of this mechanism in fastening metallic stiffeners, but; may employ the same in connection with any stiffener in properly preparing the lilting and stifl'ening for machine-lasting, as herein indicated. Of course the lining may be formed as herein indicated and the stiffener fastened thereto before the lining is secured to the upper, in which case the lining is folded by the action of the former and bed in the same manner that it would be folded if it had been previously sewed to the upper, and the stiffening is laid thereon and united thereto in any desirable manner, exactly as the stiffening would be united to the lining it it were attached to the upper.

It will be desirable in some instances to thus form the lining and unite the stifl'enin g thereto before the lining is sewed to the upper, for the purpose of facilitating the manufacture and systematizing the work.

Having thus full y described ourinvention, we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States-- I. The combination of the bed A, having a vertical movement, and the former D, having a horizontal movement upon the arc of a circle, and also a direct horizontal movement; by the mechanism substantially as described, all for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of the sleeve F, having the brackets F, bed A, and means forlooking I the sleeve in any desired position, as and for the purposes described.

8. As a process of preparing an upper for machine-lasting, the series of manipulations consisting, first, in folding the edge of the lining to a. shape approximating that: of the heel of the last upon which it is to be lasted; second, in inserting the stifl'ener between the lining and upper; and, third, in fastening said stifl'ener to the folded edge ofsaid lining, substantially as and for the purposes described.

MATTHIAS BROOK. ERASTUS WOODWARD. Witnesses I F. RAYMOND, 2d, A. B. JENKINS. 

